Look out for a donated breeding at the 2025 AOA National Show! First, you have to thank Red Granite for delivering such an outstanding male. Second, you have to thank Kitt Hollister for selling you her herd, including this outstanding male, and if I could reduce the lack of hesitation in making that purchase, I could in fact reduce it to this one male. From Kitt: "The best way to introduce this male is using the facts. First: YES, he is a true Harlequin. His great grandsire, Black Epic, is one of the most prolific Harlequin Appaloosa producers out there. His spots are subtle as his coloring is very light, a most stunning lavender rose grey. They are there, however, and there is no question that his extraordinary coloration is the result of the Harlequin Appaloosa gene." At 127.2 follicles/square mm density, Man of Mystery is the densest alpaca yet biopsied by Ian Watt in the USA, and I have not yet heard of a denser alpaca out there. With a primary SD of 2.5, secondary SD of 2.2, and fiber population differential of 3.5, he is also one of the most uniform. To quote Ian Watt directly, "overall this is the best alpaca I have tested in the US." His yearling histogram, at 16.0 AFD and 3.1 SD, is fine. His two year old histogram, at 17.3 AFD and still a 3.1 SD, is fine. His 2019 AFD, calculated off of his biopsy, is 16.9. So, he's fine, and he's staying fine, which is to be expected. Why? Well, his sire, CCNF Legionnaire, has a 6 y/o AFD of 17.3 with an SD of 3.5, and his dam's 5 y/o histogram was 20.5 with an SD of 3.5 -- impressive for any color, but stunning for a TRUE BLACK. So, here we go: unbelievably dense, uniform, and fine. As the pictures show, this fleece is, as expected, also quite beautiful -- bright bright bright, with a high-frequency crimp that stamps it as truly elite. He also has a decent staple. So far, he has thrown pattern 80+% of the time. His crias demonstrate his unique coloring and fantastic fiber statistics! He's produced blacks with 16 micron fleeces adn 2.9 SDs, and appaloosa/harlequins with 17.9 microns and 3.6 SDs. Be on the lookout. This guy is restricted but his kids are not... Much much more to come.

We, at MTAR, are thrilled to add this gorgeous girl to our foundation herd. Thank you Willowwind Farm! Pixie Cheetah is Calm, Content, Cute as a button and her Coloring is absolutely beautiful! Cheetah is out of Red Brick Granite’s Maxine, a Mile High The Reverend Mr. Black daughter. Maxine’s dam is an Appaloosa, Coffee Pot Elke. Her sire is multi champion fawn, PVA King of Diamonds, known for his exquisite, fine, bright fleece. He has passed his fleece qualities on to his offspring. Cheetah is a beautiful, solidly built female with a lovely head style, great conformation and rare harlequin genetics! She has bright fleece, a nice crimp style, a soft handle, and a long staple length. In short, she is a gorgeous harlequin female, displaying a high propensity to deliver beautiful harlequin offspring! We can’t wait to see what she’ll produce for us! Cheetah, bred to Red Granite’s Man of Mystery, formerly know as Pinktus (translates to spots from Spanish), produced a gorgeous female cria! Proudly co-owned with Willow Wind Farm.